Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:13:19 +0200 From: "James A Wilde" <james.wilde@telia.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Sun OS (Was: BSD Inquiry...) Message-ID: <002801c00905$504109e0$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net> In-Reply-To: <14749.1273.68656.905286@guru.mired.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Meyer > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 11:42 > To: James A Wilde > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: OT: Sun OS (Was: BSD Inquiry...) > > Um - the other end is Sys V, or maybe AT&T, not Sun OS. <snip> Oops, sorry. I didn't have the Red Book handy when I wrote my comment and got the wrong Sun Inc OS. > Linux isn't based on Unix source code. It's a rewrite from scratch > based on the SysV manuals. So the flavor is a lot like SysV (or > Solaris). On the other hand, there's no centralized source for Linux > code outside the kernel, so you never know... ...and presumably then Posix is SysV-like cos I know Linus has said that the Linux kernel aims to be Posix compatible. mvh/regards James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?002801c00905$504109e0$8208a8c0>